Leaving longbow strung?

[Rubiolio]

I'm used to leaving my recurves strung and hanging by the string if I'm shooting them regularly, what about longbows?

[dino]

As long as it is a laminated glass longbow, not a selfbow, you good.  Leave em' strung, treat them the same as your recurves.  dino

[frassettor]

I was told by Roger at Black Widow, that I can leave my recurve strung if shooting it regulary, and my longbow they suggest to unstring it after each shooting session. They tend to lose a pound or two if left strung for long periods of time. I also have their tuning video, and they say to unstring it everytime as well....Who am I to argue????

[frassettor]

[Widowbender]

I also unstring my longbow (widow), I think its because the portion of wood/bamboo in the limb is a lot thicker than in their recurves.

David

[rascal]

Im just a little more than curious as to why this question on leaving bows strung comes up so often?  I guess I figure the few seconds it takes me to unstring a bow is well worth the effort and makes the storage that much easier.  I mean I love the look of a strung bow hanging on a wall but if there is even the slightest chance that its gonna cause harm to my equipment its just common sense to limit that possibility.  Few seconds to string it when I get to my hunting grounds and a few seconds at the end of my hunt to unstring it, Ill tell ya Ive spent a few seconds in worse ways than that.  

Honestly is there a single compelling argument for leaving your bow strung when you arent actually hunting or practicing with it?

[SouthMDShooter]

Intresting. Ive left my longbow strung for the past month and a half cause ive been shooting it everyday (its laminated) but maybe I should start unstringing it everyday?

[Stringdancer]

More often than not, you will damage your bow during stringing/unstringing than just leaving it strung.  

Mike

[JEFF B]

thats a big no!! it is not good for longbows to be kept strung i would un string it after every time ya use it.  

[Indie]

Does anybody have experience?
Anything bad ever happened to somebodys longbow, because it´s been kept strung?


Would be nice to hear from somebodys experiences.

Stefan

[bentpole]

Maybe some Bowyers can chime in here.

[Dave Coalter]

My brother leaves his long bow strung all the time. Its 70# I guess he figures if he loose a pound ot two it won't hurt. Anyway he's been doing this for a few years now with no ill effects. As for me I always unstring mine.

[dino]

Tell ya what guys, I've been told by bowyers (Dale Karch and Bill Foreman to name two) that it doesn't hurt and my experience is the same. Never heard from a single one to unstring it when not in use. I leave mine strung all the time and has never lost so much as a pound over the last five or six years that I've had one particular bow.  I guess I would like to know the reasoning why it would be fine to leave a recurve strung over a longbow??  Never heard this before.  I conceed that I could be wrong, but I would like to see something concrete. dino

[sendero25]

I will unstring mine. Especially my Black Widow longbow after reading frassettor's post above.
I feel that as long as you use a stringer and are careful!,a lot less stress is put on the bow by unstringing it than from shooting it. After all, unstringing and stringing flexes the limbs less than drawing 28" over and over again during a practice session.
Just my opinion.
John

[JRY309]

I left my Bighorn longbow 95#@28 strung for 5 or 6 years and it didn't loose anything.

[Rubiolio]

Doesn't seem to be consensus on this; makes sense that thicker wood in longbow limbs makes a difference. I usually unstring my older Sentman
at the end of the day, but sometimes forget, oftentimes I'm going out to shoot a few arrows in the backyard several times in an evening.

[SouthMDShooter]

Are you guys using a stringer to string and un string?

[frassettor]

ALWAYS USE A STRINGER

[Orion]

Rascal:  I'm as perplexed as you.  I unstring my bows when I'm done using them.  Have been doing that for 45 years and haven't damaged a bow yet stringing or unstringing it.

[Widowbender]

I use a stringer...always.

David